May I tell you what I am truly interested in. I have written a manuscript and am in the process of editing it. do you offer such a class where we would review a chapter or two of what the student has written and then dissect it as to what works and what doesn't? there are some things in the way that I write that I feel are my "style" but I also realize some of this may also be detrimental to the work. do you know what I mean? if nothing like this is available, maybe even a few private classes would work well. I don't know. please offer your thoughts.

i'm trying to keep the guys who did my course enthused and arrange meet ups to share work written since the course. (we did this at the british council a couple of times and it worked very well).

i also did have an informal group going last year where friends who were working on something could drop by for tea on sundays and share their work.

it kind of died a death 1) because folks became too busy and caught up in other projects. (it takes an ongoing commitment to keep it going.) 2) some folks don't feel comfortable having their work critiqued, no matter how kindly. (i didn't blog about these sessions because one very nasty blogger vocally rubbished everything i was doing and i didn't want my friends to be exposed to that kind of unkindness)

the biggest danger with setting up a group like this is that folks are only interested in hearing about their own work and do not want to spend the time giving feedback to others (although this is the way you learn too!) so it only works where a sense of community can be created. this is why i enjoy working with the folks who have done my course - there's common ground and shared expectations - and a degree of trust already built in

am willing to consider setting something up if others are interested in joining in and trying it out. but i would want to make it time-bound in the first instance. (it runs for x number of weeks and has a list of rules). if it works well it can be continued ot take off under its own steam.